Slip-collar for pulleys



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O. W. SHARTLE.

SLIP GOLLAR FOR PULLEYS. No. 394,729. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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0. W. SHARTLB. SLIP COLLAR FOR PULLEYS.

ATTORNEYS N. FETERS Pllnwukhcgnphm Waihmglon, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W'. SI'IARTLE, OF MIDDLETOIVN, OHIO.

SLIP-COLLAR FOR PU LLEYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,729, dated December18, 1888.

Application filed March 12, 1888. Serial No. 267,006- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. SHARTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Middletown, in the county of Butler, State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Slip-Collars for Pulleys,Shafts, &c., which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in slip-collars for pulleys,shafts, &c.; and it consists, first, in the construction of the same, asherein set forth and claimed, whereby the heads of the fastening-screwsare removed from liability of contact with the belts, and are thus notliable to be broken off.

It further consists of the details in the construetiou of a slip-collar,whereby the weight of the same is materially lessened with little, ifany, diminution of the strength of the same,

all of which features are fully set forth in the' following descriptionand claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents an end view of a slipcollar embodying my invention.Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a plan viewof the collar shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. '1 represents a split collarhaving the features of my invention. Fig. 5 represents a pulley having011 its hub a slip-collar embodying my invention. Figs. (3 and 7represent side and end views, respectively, of a modification of myinvention, wherein the collar is split, so as to allow the passage ofthe fastening-screw of the hub of the pulley.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, A represents aslip-collar for sustaining a pulley or shaft lengthwise 0r retaining itin the proper place in its bearings, the same, eX- cepting the featuresof my invention applied thereto, being of usual construction. As a partof the collar and cast with it is a rim, B, which is parallel with andencircles or circumscribes the flange C of the collar, the said collarbeing cast with one side closed-as to the portion between the rim B andthe flange O leaving the opposite side open, presenting, however, ingeneral respects the appearance of a solid collar.

1) represents a cup, which is cast with the rim B and flange Ccoincident with the opening E, in which the clamping or securing screw Fis fitted, the head of said screw being within said cup.

By constructing the collar with a rim and flange, as described, it ismuch lighter, while at the same time its strength is not materiallydecreased, and by having the cup within the rim the head of thefastening-screw does not project beyond the periphery of the rim,whereby it is not liable to be struck and broken off or catch the beltsor clothes, hands, &c., of the workman, this construction also admittingof the use of a screw having a squared or angular head.

On the side of the collar is a flange or lateral projection, G, ofconical form, presenting a small surface on its outer edge, which, aswill be seen, prevents the entire surface of said side from coming incontact with a contiguous collar, pulley, or other obj eet, thusreducing friction between the parts.

In order to strengthen the connection of the rim B with the collar A,ribs H are cast with said rim and the flange O, the cup D, also, in ameasure, acting as a rib.

Myinvention is also applicable to split 001- lars or pulleys, as seen inFig. at.

In Fig. 5 there is shown a pulley or wheel to which the invention isapplicable.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the hub of the collar is split in longitudinaldirection, so as to allow the passage of the set-screw J of the innerwheel or pulley hub, K, in applying and removing the slip-collar oversaid wheel or pullcy hub. I may also employ my invention on the hubs ofwrought-iron, steel-rim, and Wood split pulleys, as well as 011 completepulleys, and with equal advantage.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A collar or device of like character, consisting of a hollow castinghaving a circumferential rim and an inner flange forming a bearing andhaving one of its ends closed as to the portion between the said rim andinner flange, substantially as described.

2. A slip-collar for a pulley, shaft, or like devices, consisting of ahollow body having a eireumferent ial rim and an inner flange and a cupconnected to said rim and within the same, substantially as described.

3. A slip-collar for a pulley, shaft, or like devices, having aCll'ClllnfQl'Olltlfll rim and an inner flange, the latter fermingahearineither for the shaft or the hub of the pulley, and a cupeenneei'ed i0 and within said rim and having an opening in its baseeerresp mding To an opening in the flange, suhsi'antially as and for Thepurpose set forth.

4. A slip-cellar for a pulley, shaft, or like devices, having aeireumferential rim with a cup, an inner flange, and ribs C(mneetingsaid rim and flange, suhsmniially as described.

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